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are you denying that the administration put enormous pressure on israel to do nothing? >> if the air israelis do it themselves, we have agreements with them. >> we have no agreements of that sort. israel is not a member of nato. >> when the president said this week, if romney is suggesting we should start another war -- is that a cheap shot? >> no. romney uses a lot of bellicose rhetoric and it is irresponsible and the president was calling him on it. >> where do we go from here on foreign policy? >> there could always be an october surprise that is out of our control. >> but less likely now, because it looks like israel will not bomb iran on this :. >> this was the message of this speech at the un. he speaks of next year as being the red line, and remember, our defense secretary said that israel would like the attack in april, may, or june. so it is giving obama a bit of a concession, saying that we can wait a little more but not that much more. >> iraq and afghanistan have worked out so damn well. why not iran next? >> simultaneous. who do they give it to? >> touchdow
are you denying that the administration put enormous pressure on israel to do nothing? >> if the air israelis do it themselves, we have agreements with them. >> we have no agreements of that sort. israel is not a member of nato. >> when the president said this week, if romney is suggesting we should start another war -- is that a cheap shot? >> no. romney uses a lot of bellicose rhetoric and it is irresponsible and the president was calling him on it. >> where do...
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for the possibility of israel attacking iran? and sort of what's the u.s. thinking of what this country's response would be? >> you heard quotes from the defense secretary who did not deny those quotes in "the washington post." saying that he thought that israel would attack iran in the coming months. now, there are things that the iranians might be able to do to avoid that. but it is looking fairly likely that that could happen in the next six months. the israelis see a threat that we don't. we feel we have time. the israelis don't feel that they have that time. they're in that very bad neighborhood. they feel threatened by the nuclear program. and they don't want that to cross a red line where even if they tried to take it out, it wouldn't do it. gwen: are sanctions enough to make israel step back for a moment on this? >> not unless they see absolutely the iranians stopping that nuclear program. i think the u.s. is clearly trying to say let sanctions work. let sanction work and we'll push iran into a corner but until they see some real change you might se
for the possibility of israel attacking iran? and sort of what's the u.s. thinking of what this country's response would be? >> you heard quotes from the defense secretary who did not deny those quotes in "the washington post." saying that he thought that israel would attack iran in the coming months. now, there are things that the iranians might be able to do to avoid that. but it is looking fairly likely that that could happen in the next six months. the israelis see a threat...
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. >> if israel bonds aroun -- bombs iran -- this is the real fear of the administration, that it war in the middle east will drive prices up. >> look at how the press is dealing with this. romney using loopholes for non- disclosure is an issue, and the fact that we will have a coal industry is not an issue. i have not seen any coverage of that. >> the president is in full campaign mode with an attack on the ryan budget. >> it is the trojan horse. disguised as a deficit reduction plans the, it is an attempt to impose a radical vision of our country of a thinly veiled social darwinism. >> we have a president who's good at giving big speeches. the problem with our president is he is not good at leadership. >> that is congressman paul ryan, chair of the house budget committee. "the wall street journal" said this week "if there is a laffer curve for political invective, at the white house must think ."e president has hit eighit social darwinism, charles? >> the president accused ryan of the trickle-down, trojan horse social darwinism. who writes this rubbish? he and the democrats have not
. >> if israel bonds aroun -- bombs iran -- this is the real fear of the administration, that it war in the middle east will drive prices up. >> look at how the press is dealing with this. romney using loopholes for non- disclosure is an issue, and the fact that we will have a coal industry is not an issue. i have not seen any coverage of that. >> the president is in full campaign mode with an attack on the ryan budget. >> it is the trojan horse. disguised as a deficit...
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. >> how about god and jerusalem and israel? it is back in the platform -- >> all's well that ends well. how they take it out, i don't understand. at the end of the day, they put it back, but it was just klutzy. >> no, i thought it was revealing. i watched it live. everybody was stunned, because everybody thought that the restoration would go easily. it was obvious that the nos were at least as strong as the yeas, and the chairman, the mayor of l.a., was totally stunned by what happened. he had to call the roll three times, and it was obvious that it had not passed, and yet he declared it passed. the reaction of the crowd, particularly those jewish and non-jewish who care about israel, seeing the vociferousness of the opposition, it will leave an impression of how the democratic party has changed from a party that used to be so strongly of israel. >> platforms have to come away with the mainstream of the party to pay off the extremists in the party so that there are no floor fights. the republicans give it strong abortion langua
. >> how about god and jerusalem and israel? it is back in the platform -- >> all's well that ends well. how they take it out, i don't understand. at the end of the day, they put it back, but it was just klutzy. >> no, i thought it was revealing. i watched it live. everybody was stunned, because everybody thought that the restoration would go easily. it was obvious that the nos were at least as strong as the yeas, and the chairman, the mayor of l.a., was totally stunned by...
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gwen: get ready for a rough six weeks and just this week the debate raged from israel to gun running to campaign infighting to medicare and then today after a week dominated by a debate over who pays what to the government, the romney is released their 2011 taxes. we love fridays because that's when news sneaks out. th earned nearly in investment income last year, paid nearly $2 million in taxes and gave just under a third of their income to charity. this is what the president told the crowd in cincinnati earlier this week. >> i want to reform the tax code so it's simple and fair. i've actually done my own taxes. i don't know about some of these other folks. gwen: so why the information now and what do these returns tell us? >> first of all it does tell us the tax code is complicated because the return that mitt romney released today is 379 pages. it showed us that he was very rich, but we knew that already. it told us he'd made a little less money than he'd disclosed earlier in the year. we know that he kept his tax rate down by only claiming part of his charitable deductions, in or
gwen: get ready for a rough six weeks and just this week the debate raged from israel to gun running to campaign infighting to medicare and then today after a week dominated by a debate over who pays what to the government, the romney is released their 2011 taxes. we love fridays because that's when news sneaks out. th earned nearly in investment income last year, paid nearly $2 million in taxes and gave just under a third of their income to charity. this is what the president told the crowd in...
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they say obama is particularly vulnerable for his challenge to israel. >> one of the reasons why we're seeing a real deterioration of support in the jewish community for president obama. >> in a tight election, outreach to every group becomes vital. but amid all the mobilization strategies, some said the larger religion story coming out of this convention should not get lost. >> here we are, america, demonstrating to the world that we could have a mormon president with a catholic vice-president with strong evangelical support. how about that? you never could have written that story 20, 30, 40 years ago. but it convey as message that religious pluralism trumps religious totalitarianism. this is what makes america great. >> i'm kim lawton in tampa. >> next week we'll have kim's report on religion and the democratic national convention in charlotte. >>> we also have a special page on our web site dedicated to our coverage of the conventions and the presidential election. you can find updates, interviews and other news and analysis of religion and politics. that's at pbs.org. >>> faith-bas
they say obama is particularly vulnerable for his challenge to israel. >> one of the reasons why we're seeing a real deterioration of support in the jewish community for president obama. >> in a tight election, outreach to every group becomes vital. but amid all the mobilization strategies, some said the larger religion story coming out of this convention should not get lost. >> here we are, america, demonstrating to the world that we could have a mormon president with a...
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i'm quite certain that israel would (no audio) secretly. but to show israel that if diplomatic efforts and connection with iran in the next, i would say, six months to nine months fail, then an iran (no audio) would not agree to stop the enrichment and disassemble the nuclear site. then the administration would go for other options including the military strike. these red lines that the secretary of state, as we heard, refused to make secretly and publicly are the ones that would relax israel satisfied. as long as the administration intentionally is very vague on that and does not want to promise any sort of military action in the coming future, i think that we are going to see an ongoing tension increasingly between the two administrations. >> warner: what has the obama administration done up until now to try to keep israel on board, to have israel feel comfortable that it can wait before striking either on its own or, of course, wanting the u.s. to join? >> the obama a mrgs has done much more on the iranian issue than the bush administrat
i'm quite certain that israel would (no audio) secretly. but to show israel that if diplomatic efforts and connection with iran in the next, i would say, six months to nine months fail, then an iran (no audio) would not agree to stop the enrichment and disassemble the nuclear site. then the administration would go for other options including the military strike. these red lines that the secretary of state, as we heard, refused to make secretly and publicly are the ones that would relax israel...
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the iranian militant group has claimed responsibility for an unmanned drone that israel shot down last week. the leader says it was an iranian made drone. the security chief has been shot dead on his way to the u.s. embassy. eight gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire near his house. he had been involved in the investigation of the embassy attack last month. in pakistan, there has been more rally in support of a teenage girl activist that was shot and wounded on tuesday. today, she was airlifted to a specialist hospital. doctors say her condition has improved, but she is not yet out of danger. they were incensed by her outspoken campaign that girls should be educated. striking a chord in afghanistan where women have seen their prospects change dramatically in recent years. more than 3 million girls now get some education, that is a big rise from when they weren't allowed to go to school at all. many fear that trend could reverse itself after withdrawal of foreign troops. >> an old seen in a changing afghanistan. it is the time of the potato harvest. the children are working in the field t
the iranian militant group has claimed responsibility for an unmanned drone that israel shot down last week. the leader says it was an iranian made drone. the security chief has been shot dead on his way to the u.s. embassy. eight gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire near his house. he had been involved in the investigation of the embassy attack last month. in pakistan, there has been more rally in support of a teenage girl activist that was shot and wounded on tuesday. today, she was airlifted...
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alan harry thinks oil prices could move up over $100 a barrel, if tensions escalate between iran and israel. >> susie: rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief this week to drought- stricken farmers in the midwest. but the respite is too little, too late for the nation's corn crop. diane eastabrook reports on the latest government efforts to help producers, and calm jittery world markets. >> reporter: with futures prices for corn still rocketing past $8 a bushel the government threw out a life line today to livestock producers. the department of agriculture said it will buy up to $170 million of pork, beef, lamb, chicken, and catfish for government food assistance programs. the idea is to help livestock producers struggling to pay for higher feed prices caused by the drought. at the same time it could also temporarily balance the nation's supply and demand for meat. meanwhile, the worst u.s. drought in half a century is sending alarms to trading partners across the globe. officials from france, mexico, and the u.s. will hold a conference call at the end of the month to decide i
alan harry thinks oil prices could move up over $100 a barrel, if tensions escalate between iran and israel. >> susie: rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief this week to drought- stricken farmers in the midwest. but the respite is too little, too late for the nation's corn crop. diane eastabrook reports on the latest government efforts to help producers, and calm jittery world markets. >> reporter: with futures prices for corn still rocketing past $8 a bushel the...
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our engines to win as many seats as possible, hopefully that is 25, under the leadership of stephen israel who is our field marshall, in all of this, but right now it could go either way, as i said to you before, any assumptions about elections based on what has ever happened in the past are totally stale, we are in a whole new era of communication and getting out the vote. >> rose: do you believe that you have, and know sufficiently what happened with respect to the death of the four, the four members of the u.s. officials, including the ambassador in benghazi, libya? >> well, this is such a very serious conversation to have, in an san francisco they have taken great pride and chris stevens, went to the service with his family and others, the secretary of state has rightfully called for this accountability review under the leadership of secretary pickeringable, .. ambassador pickering, he held both titles, the fbi is having its own investigation into it, and that is that we have to find out. i do think it is shameful that the republicans in the house of representatives have been willing t
our engines to win as many seats as possible, hopefully that is 25, under the leadership of stephen israel who is our field marshall, in all of this, but right now it could go either way, as i said to you before, any assumptions about elections based on what has ever happened in the past are totally stale, we are in a whole new era of communication and getting out the vote. >> rose: do you believe that you have, and know sufficiently what happened with respect to the death of the four,...
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>> governor romney has made it clear can't dictate to israel how israel protects itself from what it considers to be an existential threat. governor romney hassles said that he would be israel's strongest supporter in the region. he's worried about president obama's decision to create daylight between the united states and israel. >> woodruff: let me turn then to michelle flournoy. how do you respond for the campaign? >> the iran case is a great example of where the rhetoric would suggest huge differences between the president's position and governor romney's position. when you actually look at what romney called for, crippling sanctions, positioning our forces to be ready in the gulf and keeping the military option on the table, that's exactly what president obama has done. and exactly what his record will show. so it's a case of overdrawing the differences rhetorically but then actually not being able to say much about what would governor romney really do differently as commander in chief. >> woodruff: what about peter feaver's point that the decisions made a couple of years narrow
>> governor romney has made it clear can't dictate to israel how israel protects itself from what it considers to be an existential threat. governor romney hassles said that he would be israel's strongest supporter in the region. he's worried about president obama's decision to create daylight between the united states and israel. >> woodruff: let me turn then to michelle flournoy. how do you respond for the campaign? >> the iran case is a great example of where the rhetoric...
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particularly israel. >> i think israel is getting very nervous as this plant comes to completion. it has a reason to be. and of course their initial reaction in the sense is to think about military action. we don't want to see that, certainly, because we have been embroiled in two wars in the region. the country is weary of this. and that is not a direction we want to takement but the pressures of the election here and the pressures from israel may be very strong and create a new kind of dynamism. >> explain why the addition of more centrifuges. would that advance the timetable by which iran could, if they took the political decision, to produce a nuclear weapon from all of this, does it advance that timetable? >> it would eventually. in other words, as the stockpile grows up to 20% enriched uranium then they can rapidly upgrade it and the more centrifuges that they have for that upgrading process, the faster it goes. so we could be talking about a matter of months to get that done, getting the weapon grade material whereas now it might take let's say a year or something of that k
particularly israel. >> i think israel is getting very nervous as this plant comes to completion. it has a reason to be. and of course their initial reaction in the sense is to think about military action. we don't want to see that, certainly, because we have been embroiled in two wars in the region. the country is weary of this. and that is not a direction we want to takement but the pressures of the election here and the pressures from israel may be very strong and create a new kind of...
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something that would be well received in israel. at the same time he called for a separate, prosperous palestinian state. but i think the main issue for the israelis is question of iran. and there the most interesting thing of what the president said was the idea that the iranians don't have unlimited amounts of time in order to see these negotiations play out. the united states is not prepared to see them use negotiations as a stalling tactic behind which they could continue to enrich uranium and get closer to a nuclear weapon. what the president did was set is stage for a debate that would come which is how much time is enough to give negotiations a chance but not too much to the iranians essentially use them to create facts in the way of their nuclear program. my sense, gwen, is that will become the real area of focus for whoever wins this election. >> ifill: nicholas burns, did you see any movement in the president's speech on that point? >> i thought the president was speaking clearly to the iranian government and people. he wa
something that would be well received in israel. at the same time he called for a separate, prosperous palestinian state. but i think the main issue for the israelis is question of iran. and there the most interesting thing of what the president said was the idea that the iranians don't have unlimited amounts of time in order to see these negotiations play out. the united states is not prepared to see them use negotiations as a stalling tactic behind which they could continue to enrich uranium...
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on drones, on pakistan, on getting out of afghanistan, in 2014, iranian sanctions, syria defending israel, even to some extent on libya. so i don't think this debate changes the dynamics a great deal, people aren't going to vote on foreign policy, but i think if governor romney hoped to build a little momentum which he appears to have had with tonight and in florida he certainly did not achieve that and i think we are ready for a turbulent 14 days but tonight goes to obama. >> rose: mark halperin. >> i think the president won on points. he demonstrated and brandished his experience as commander in chief, he was aggressive, all night he had more quips and one liners as a manner of theatrics will be played on tv, i disagree with al in the following way, governor romney executed a strategy, the idea his advisors came up with when he agreed with the president he should agree, if this debate affects the race and i don't think it will, but if it does, i think governor romney completed the trifecta in all three deablghts as a matter of similar bioticks he stood to the president toe photo and did
on drones, on pakistan, on getting out of afghanistan, in 2014, iranian sanctions, syria defending israel, even to some extent on libya. so i don't think this debate changes the dynamics a great deal, people aren't going to vote on foreign policy, but i think if governor romney hoped to build a little momentum which he appears to have had with tonight and in florida he certainly did not achieve that and i think we are ready for a turbulent 14 days but tonight goes to obama. >> rose: mark...
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. >> so what do you make of all the buzz in israel? >> i think that it is, that it's part of the strategy that israel act like a mad dog at this point, to further scare -- >> to create more pressure. >> yeah, on the united states and on the iranians. but we are very, very tight with the israelis on,-- on this issue and on intelligence stuff in general. especially on these computer worms that we have in their system now. and so i think that i done think barack obama is very up set when bebe netanyahu says we have to do this. >> i agree. >> and the democrats at their convention. >> just core on ate, i think you look to bill clinton to give a tremendous stem winder and hopes he sticks to the prompter which is a maybe, maybe not. >> rose: maybe not. >> they are excited about elizabeth warren that is the one question mark. >> rose: is she going to win that race, do most people think. what do most people think. >> i have been hearing bad reports about her that she isn't that terrific a performer. >> rose: scott brown b even now. >> by the wa
. >> so what do you make of all the buzz in israel? >> i think that it is, that it's part of the strategy that israel act like a mad dog at this point, to further scare -- >> to create more pressure. >> yeah, on the united states and on the iranians. but we are very, very tight with the israelis on,-- on this issue and on intelligence stuff in general. especially on these computer worms that we have in their system now. and so i think that i done think barack obama is...
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israel has threatened to bomb iran's nuclear facilities, and iran in turn promised to mine the strait of hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes. the navy invited 20 reporters to cover the military drill. one of them was our own dan sagalyn, who produced this report. u.s. navy sailors and defense contractors onboard the u.s.s. "ponce" in the persian gulf are up early, getting ready to practice protecting their ship and the sea lanes. video from the so-called scan eagle is fed back to the command vessel where sailors watch for boats with hostile intentions. >> the imagery analysts that we have here, that work the scan eagle, they know this area. so they have been doing this for at least two years looking at the iranians, so we can tell. >> suarez: the drone lands by flying towards a cable, snagging it with its wing. elsewhere, men haul out the newest tool in their arsenal-- the kingfish, an unmanned, underwater vehicle that uses sonar to locate mines below the surface. just last week, general mohammad ali jafari, the head of iran's revolutionary guards, said "this is
israel has threatened to bomb iran's nuclear facilities, and iran in turn promised to mine the strait of hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes. the navy invited 20 reporters to cover the military drill. one of them was our own dan sagalyn, who produced this report. u.s. navy sailors and defense contractors onboard the u.s.s. "ponce" in the persian gulf are up early, getting ready to practice protecting their ship and the sea lanes. video from the so-called scan...
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i mean, after all, romney insulted israel, poland and u.k. all in one week or something. >> i don't think he's really in a position to jump all the way out there as far as foreign affairs is concerned and draw conclusions that we are weaker because of president obama. i think that we are stronger because of president obama. >> woodruff: but democratic state legislator darren soto who knows florida politics says the pressure will be on the president not only to prevail on foreign policy but to make a larger point about the economy. and to do it in a way that gets democrats out of their homes and into the voting booth. >> continuing to fight for us like he did in the second debate will be critical. so he's got to keep that moxie together. second, i think he needs to continue to articulate and even further detail economic plans going forward. that's what this election is about. it's about jobs. i think in the end we need to see that vision and that inspiring tone that the president has that almost no other american politician in the past 10 to 2
i mean, after all, romney insulted israel, poland and u.k. all in one week or something. >> i don't think he's really in a position to jump all the way out there as far as foreign affairs is concerned and draw conclusions that we are weaker because of president obama. i think that we are stronger because of president obama. >> woodruff: but democratic state legislator darren soto who knows florida politics says the pressure will be on the president not only to prevail on foreign...
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if israel bombs iran, oil prices are going to go up. if oil prices go up, the economy is going to sink and that's the one thing that can beat obama. i think that's... the election is right there. >> rose: the obama people will tell you events will beat us, we won't beat ourselves. >> rose: is that what they say? that's the line "events will beat us but we won't beat ourselves." >> i think most reporters will tell you that there's a 55% chance of obama. >> i think that's the white-hot conventional wisdom right now. >> rose: 55? >> well, not 55% of the poll but... >> slightly better. >> it's amazing how incredibly local this gets. karl rove allegedly beat kerry by getting people living near i 40 in ohio a great turnout of exurban voters in ohio made the difference and so it... they can parse this mighty fine. throughout in chicago they have kids at computers. they're going to find every single one of those voters. >> rose: what has the advantage in doing that? >> it's an arms race. rove invented a lot of this stuff. the democrats kind of
if israel bombs iran, oil prices are going to go up. if oil prices go up, the economy is going to sink and that's the one thing that can beat obama. i think that's... the election is right there. >> rose: the obama people will tell you events will beat us, we won't beat ourselves. >> rose: is that what they say? that's the line "events will beat us but we won't beat ourselves." >> i think most reporters will tell you that there's a 55% chance of obama. >> i...
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in israel right now. it's a real conundrum. >> warner: the u.s., of course, harelationships with japan and china. is that a factor in all of this? >> well, i don't think the chinese want the u.s. to be a factor but the u.s. is the ally of japan. and the united states has policy for longstanding that despite the fact that these territories are disputed, japan administers them and will support the defense of those islands in a crisis. the u.s. is in the game. what's been interesting is in the last couple of days, as your lead-up showed, secretary panetta has gone to japan first, showed our important alliance strength and still managed to go to china and have what is on first notice a pretty solid visit, a constructive visit with the chinese. they make their points about japan but they're making very positive points about deepening and strengthening the u.s. military-to-military relationship, something both washington and beijing have agreed they needed to do. >> warner: where is this headed? it looks at the
in israel right now. it's a real conundrum. >> warner: the u.s., of course, harelationships with japan and china. is that a factor in all of this? >> well, i don't think the chinese want the u.s. to be a factor but the u.s. is the ally of japan. and the united states has policy for longstanding that despite the fact that these territories are disputed, japan administers them and will support the defense of those islands in a crisis. the u.s. is in the game. what's been interesting...
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of israel's prime minister over mitt romney anyway. [cheers and applause] president obama promised to work with russia, to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and sign an historic treaty that does just that. he promises to lock down materials around the world and he has done just that. he refused to accept the false choice between force without diplomacy and diplomacy without force. when a brutal dictator promised to hunt down and kill his own people like rats, president obama enlisted our allies, built the coalition, shared the burden, so that today without a single american casualty moammar gaddafi is gone and the people of libya are free. [cheers and applause] so on one side -- so on one side of this campaign we have a president who has made america lead like america again. and what is there on the other side? an extreme and expedient candidate who lacks the judgment and vision so vital to the oval offense, the most inexperienced foreign policy two-some to run for president and vice president in decades. it isn't fair to say that m
of israel's prime minister over mitt romney anyway. [cheers and applause] president obama promised to work with russia, to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and sign an historic treaty that does just that. he promises to lock down materials around the world and he has done just that. he refused to accept the false choice between force without diplomacy and diplomacy without force. when a brutal dictator promised to hunt down and kill his own people like rats, president obama enlisted our...
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afternoon, the coffins of three children and a rabbi were loaded to be taken away for burial in far off israel. their murders have shocked france. and sent europe's biggest jewish community reeling after the most deadly anti-smes tick attack france has seen in almost 30 years. jonathan sandler was age 30 and a teacher. his son gabriel was six. his daughter aria just three-and-a-half when they were shot with a colt .45 pistol. also among the dead, miriam, the eight-year-old daughter of the school's head master, and the police don't believe the mystery gunman has finished yet. this corner of southwest france is now under the country's highest state of terrorism alert which means that the authorities here believe that this cold-blooded killer, will strike again unless he's caught first. the school's camera filmed the killer yesterday. he was using the same weapon as in his previous two attacks. he wore his motorcycle helmet throughout and apparently made his get-away on the same scooter as last week though we understand it's been painted from black to white. president sarkozy has sent his interio
afternoon, the coffins of three children and a rabbi were loaded to be taken away for burial in far off israel. their murders have shocked france. and sent europe's biggest jewish community reeling after the most deadly anti-smes tick attack france has seen in almost 30 years. jonathan sandler was age 30 and a teacher. his son gabriel was six. his daughter aria just three-and-a-half when they were shot with a colt .45 pistol. also among the dead, miriam, the eight-year-old daughter of the...
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president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on castro's cuba,'s ban dawned our friends in poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments. >> boo!. >> but he's eager to give russia's president putin the flexibility he desires after the election. under my administration our friends will see more loyalty, and mr. putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone. (cheers and applause) >> we will honor america's democratic ideals because a free world is a more peaceful world. this is the bipartisan foreign policy legacy of truman and reagan. and under my presidency we'll return to it once again. >> you might have asked yourself if these last years are really the america we want. >> no! >> the america that was won for us by the greatest generation. does the america we want borrow a trillion dollars from china? >> no! >> does it fail to find the jobs that are needed for 23 million people and for half the kids graduating from college? >> no! >> are those schools lagging behind the rest of the developed world? >> no! >> and d
president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on castro's cuba,'s ban dawned our friends in poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments. >> boo!. >> but he's eager to give russia's president putin the flexibility he desires after the election. under my administration our friends will see more loyalty, and mr. putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone. (cheers and applause) >> we will honor...
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they couldn't be softer on israel than the president of the united states. basically they sensed that initial period in the early weeks, months of the obama administration. there has been no real progress on israeli-palestinian peace. i think zbigniew is correct that that has been a big problem for the united states. >> brown: but do you hear, mr. brzezinski, do you hear an alternative from the romney-ryan campaign? do you hear anybody talking about something that suggests kind of coherent policy? >> i'm afraid i have to say quite bluntly that so far the discussion of foreign policy has been a rather primitive level. i hope it will be much better in this debate. certainly the president knows the issues well. i hope the governor also knows those issues well. i hope they discuss them seriously but certainly not in terms of slogans about responsibility for this or for that but rather in terms of what is actually at work today in the middle east. we're facing an explosive situation throughout the entire region. those who are pushing the united states to plunge i
they couldn't be softer on israel than the president of the united states. basically they sensed that initial period in the early weeks, months of the obama administration. there has been no real progress on israeli-palestinian peace. i think zbigniew is correct that that has been a big problem for the united states. >> brown: but do you hear, mr. brzezinski, do you hear an alternative from the romney-ryan campaign? do you hear anybody talking about something that suggests kind of...
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a new burst of violence has erupted along gaza's border with israel. fighters from hamas and a smaller militant group launched more than 70 rockets and mortar rounds at southern israel. two foreign workers were critically wounded. the israeli military answered with air strikes inside gaza that killed at least two palestinians. the israelis also warned they will launch a ground offensive, if the rocket fire does not stop. a late-season hurricane struck a blow at jamaica late today. it was expected to head on to cuba tonight. hurricane "sandy" brought heavy rain and strong winds to eastern jamaica, especially around the capital, kingston. the storm prompted airports to close and cruise ships to change course. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: the presidential race is not the only campaign working its way toward a photo finish this year. in competitive contests from east to west, the race for the senate has turned out to be tight, expensive and slippery. in arizona, democrat and former surgeon general richard carmona
a new burst of violence has erupted along gaza's border with israel. fighters from hamas and a smaller militant group launched more than 70 rockets and mortar rounds at southern israel. two foreign workers were critically wounded. the israeli military answered with air strikes inside gaza that killed at least two palestinians. the israelis also warned they will launch a ground offensive, if the rocket fire does not stop. a late-season hurricane struck a blow at jamaica late today. it was...
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decade that islam is under assault from the west in large part because of the iraq war, the afghan war, israel's war, lebanon, and gaza and a discourse of the western civilization, so there is that and an expression of that. but there is also the divide within each one of these countries, particularly it started in the countries where revolutions took place and libya, and tunesia, and yemen. there is a contestation for control, governments are still week. and so because islam is so... is still pervasive as a religion, and in fact islamic society tend to be the most religious in the world, it is easy for groups with political intent to rally the public behind them particularly extremists. >> brown: let me bring in lawrence pintak, how do you... that is a lot on the table, free speech, religion, power struggles that go back in time. what do you see when you look at events today and over the last week or so? >> there's all those things going on. but at the bottom line it is agit prop designed to provoke the hard line in the middle east and beyond that success fey does that because it's an excuse fo
decade that islam is under assault from the west in large part because of the iraq war, the afghan war, israel's war, lebanon, and gaza and a discourse of the western civilization, so there is that and an expression of that. but there is also the divide within each one of these countries, particularly it started in the countries where revolutions took place and libya, and tunesia, and yemen. there is a contestation for control, governments are still week. and so because islam is so... is still...
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saying when we come not administration when they are worn in, they need more space with their ally israel. they see president obama in new york city the same day netanyahu is and instead of meeting with him goes on a daily talk show. they see when we say that these options are on the table, the secretary of defense walked them back. they are not changing their mind. that's what we have to do, is change their mind so they stop pursuing nuclear weapons. >> how do you do it-- you both saw benjamin netanyahu hold up that picture of a bomb with a red line and talking about the red line being in spring. so can you solve this, if the romney-ryan ticket is elected, can you solve this in two months before spring and avoid nuclear -- >> we can debate the time line, whether it's that sort of time or longer. i agree that it's probably longer. number two, it's all about -- >> you don't agree with that bomb and what the israelis -- >> we agree, i don't want to go into classified stuff. but we both agree that to do this peacefully you got to get them to change their minds. they're not changing their min
saying when we come not administration when they are worn in, they need more space with their ally israel. they see president obama in new york city the same day netanyahu is and instead of meeting with him goes on a daily talk show. they see when we say that these options are on the table, the secretary of defense walked them back. they are not changing their mind. that's what we have to do, is change their mind so they stop pursuing nuclear weapons. >> how do you do it-- you both saw...
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. >> israel, rished murdoch became almost the third rail of local politics. even though what he said, you know, was consistent with-- it was-- and not indefensible. there appeared to be a callous, almost disregard for the terrible experience of being raped, let alone a pregnancy coming out of that rape. >> you talk about the gender issue. it's always important to distinguish between married women and single women. >> that's right. >> married women were very strongly for republicans, single women very strongly for democrats. the sociological trend over the past 20 years is there are a lot more single people, men and women. so the numbers just get bigger as the country goes into what they call living solo. >> woodruff: and it calls to mind the strategy that obama very transparently employed, talking about planned parenthood, talking about the position of the republicans on-- not just on abortion but on contraception, and there was a lot of criticism-- has been a lot of criticism-- >> i've heard criticism from women, from democratic women, saying that all the co
. >> israel, rished murdoch became almost the third rail of local politics. even though what he said, you know, was consistent with-- it was-- and not indefensible. there appeared to be a callous, almost disregard for the terrible experience of being raped, let alone a pregnancy coming out of that rape. >> you talk about the gender issue. it's always important to distinguish between married women and single women. >> that's right. >> married women were very strongly for...
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they know our friends and allies must be able to trust us, from israel to columbia, from poland to the philippines. our allies and friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined. and our foes, our foes can have no reason to doubt our resolve because peace really does come through strength. [cheering and applause] our military capability and our technological advantage will be safe in mitt romney's hands. we must work for an open, global economy and pursue free and fair trade to grow our exports and our influence abroad. if you are worried about the rise of china, just consider this: the united states has negotiated... the united states has ratified only three trade agreements in the last few years, and those were negotiated in the bush administration. china, china has signed 15 free trade agreements and it's in the progress of negotiating as many as 18 more. sadly, we are abandoning the field of free and fair trade, and it will come back the haunt us. [applause] we must not allow the chance too slip from our grasp. we are blessed with a gift of oil and gas
they know our friends and allies must be able to trust us, from israel to columbia, from poland to the philippines. our allies and friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined. and our foes, our foes can have no reason to doubt our resolve because peace really does come through strength. [cheering and applause] our military capability and our technological advantage will be safe in mitt romney's hands. we must work for an open, global economy and pursue free and...
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i think under the leadership of steve israel, our chairman, it's a 50/50 thing. it could could this way or that way by a few votes but we're not ceding one grain of safnld we're fighting every fight, precinct by -- mnchts ano ymano. >> not men, mano hand. >> my being illiterate. >> i'm italian -- [ laughter ] >> the democrats have been weakest on the house level and s- whites with high school and some college, middle class. you are a party that talked so much tonight and all week about the middle class. why are those people not voting democratic? >> some of them are not. some of them are not. what i think we have to do is talk about the path that president obama wants to take us down. the path that he was on before, before the obstructionist republicans took over and blocked him at every turn and people have to make a choice between going back to where the -- the poll at thiscies under -- policies under president president bush or going forward and this is on jobs and political reform and emphasis on reducing the deficit. you remember when president clinton left
i think under the leadership of steve israel, our chairman, it's a 50/50 thing. it could could this way or that way by a few votes but we're not ceding one grain of safnld we're fighting every fight, precinct by -- mnchts ano ymano. >> not men, mano hand. >> my being illiterate. >> i'm italian -- [ laughter ] >> the democrats have been weakest on the house level and s- whites with high school and some college, middle class. you are a party that talked so much tonight and...